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(Dr) Debbie Challis

@poisonchallis.bsky.social

The ancient world in the modern, in so many ways. Cultural historian and creative producer FRHistS: https://www.debbiechallis.com.

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(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · 4d ago

Partisan politics, dodgy sponsorship and ethnonationalism - not FIFA again, but an exhibition on Greek democracy in USA in 1992. Recent events made me remember work I did for Open University from 2008. It’s no longer on their site so gradually blogging it: www.debbiechallis.com/post/exhibit...

Exhibiting Democracy

In 2008 I was a consultant for Open University on two major exhibitions in the USA on democracy in 1992/93 & their impact & legacies within political and cultural debates at the time and since. This r...

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(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · last wk.

Put together some recommended reading for the #Odyssey & its world: translation, women, a retelling, an archaeologist view, wellbeing, translation, Caribbean, modernist etc Any profits go to support @porticolibrary.bsky.social. Of interest @alexpodyssey.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-ma...

The Many Takes of The Odyssey In Print

The recommended list of the many takes of Homer's The Odyssey by our Creative Producer, Dr Debbie Challis.

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(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Absolutely loved discussing this with the Podyssey crew. We didn’t all agree on everything, but that is what made it so fascinating. Being a sort of classicist at the moment means people asking for recommendations and, honestly, Podyssey is a great place to start, not least for the storytelling.

Alex Andreou's Podyssey@alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 2w ago

🆕 ODD-POD: 🐴 A Deep Dive into Chris Nolan's Odyssey 🏛️ The one you've been waiting for. Every shot. Every choice. Every moment. Every controversy. What was in. What wasn't. All the experts. A review almost as long as the film. 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4WtT...

(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Want to actually read it re-read The Odyssey (or bits of it)? Join me in a couple of weeks to read around Xenia / hospitality / Zeus’ law @porticolibrary.bsky.social. I’ll be using Emily Wilson’s translation but we’ll have others available to see at the end. www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...

Slow Reading: The Odyssey and Zeus' Law (Xenia) — The Portico Library

A bookclub but with a difference - a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Explore the Odyssey ahead of the film...

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The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social · 4w ago

Cultural historian @poisonchallis.bsky.social, resident expert on Alex Andreou's Podyssey on Greek myth, will guide you on a journey around the Portico's collections and promises that it won't take as long as Odysseus' homecoming. 🔗 Book here: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...

A Literary Odyssey — The Portico Library

Who needs the film when you can search for Ithaca among the books in the Portico collection on this tour?

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(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · last mo.

Can’t stop thinking about #AiWeiwei Button Up! @ Factory International last night - an honour to be there. Nothing more profound to say than the works themselves. The small boats made large, entangled skeletons made from murano glass, flags made from buttons, twists on Chinese art & architecture.

(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · last mo.

Sharing as a matter of urgency: A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for a maximum working temperature. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

We need a maximum working temperature

A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature.

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Dr Sarah Myers@drsarahmyers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

And...Mixing, migration and the lessons of history: Flinders Petrie's racial determinism and defining Jewishness in the 1920–30s - Eva Miller and @poisonchallis.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Mixing, migration and the lessons of history: Flinders Petrie's racial determinism and defining Jewishness in the 1920–30s | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

Mixing, migration and the lessons of history: Flinders Petrie's racial determinism and defining Jewishness in the 1920–30s

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(Dr) Debbie Challis@poisonchallis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lying in bed after a massive menopause reflux / shakes / flush first thing & thinking how did women do this in the past. Were we all just ‘eccentric’? Yesterday paid respects to Meg Shelton, a supposed witch, who was buried upside down with a rock to stop her escaping. Tempted to remove the rock!

A woman kneeling down by a rock.